Corey Landolt, a native of New Jersey, is in his first season with The Washington Ballet. He began classical ballet training at age five at the Academy of Ballet in Berlin, NJ under David Gallagher. During his training he performed with Ballet NJ in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and the full length production of La Bayadere. At 16 he attended the North Carolina School of the Arts to study under Warren Cononver, Melissa Hayden and Kee-Juan Han. In 2004 he was selected for the ABT Studio Company Associate Program (now the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre) where he danced in Jessica Lang's World Premiere at ABT's Studio Company Tenth Anniversary Gala. He attended ABT's Summer Intensive Program from 2002 -2005, taking time off in June 2005 to dance in Petrouchka for ABT's Fokine celebration.